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• Morales’ HR In 9th Lifts Jays Over O’s 2-1, Stops Skid

  15-04-2017 23:59
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Kendrys Morales homered off Tyler Wilson leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays stopped a seven-game losing seven-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
  Roberto Osuna (1-0) had allowed Jonathan Schoop’s sacrifice fly in the top half. Toronto, off to the poorest start in franchise history, is just 2-9 this season and has scored three runs or fewer eight times.
  Morales homered on the first pitch of the
  
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• Orioles Radio Recap: Asher Impresses In O’s Debut

  15-04-2017 23:07
  
  The Orioles came into Saturday afternoon’s game riding a 3 game win streak looking to extend it 4, unfortunately they fell to the Blue Jays 2-1 in Toronto however there was a big bright spot from Saturday’s game, Alec Asher. Asherwas acquired from the Phillies on March 28th and made his Orioles debut after an injury to Chris Tillman has kept him out of action since the offseason. Hear how the young righty impressed skipper Buck Showalter with today’s highlight recap. Also hear
  
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• Man Hospitalized After Baltimore House Fire | Maryland News | US ... - U.S. News & World Report

  15-04-2017 22:48
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  BALTIMORE (AP) — A man is in the hospital after suffering severe burns to his body in a house fire in Baltimore.
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• 2 years after Freddie Gray's death, Baltimore residents say they're still waiting for change - The Star Democrat

  15-04-2017 22:31
  
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  2 years after Freddie Gray's death, Baltimore residents say they're still waiting for change
  The Star Democrat
  Ericka Alston-Buck, CEO, Maryland Community Health Initiatives Inc. Penn-North Kids Safe Zone, is pictured days before the second anniversary of the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray while in Baltimore Police custody. 2 years after Freddie ...
  
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• All-male panel ruled on rape bill during Maryland's legislative session - Baltimore Sun

  15-04-2017 22:01
  
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  All-male panel ruled on rape bill during Maryland's legislative session
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  As the 2017 legislative session wound down Monday evening, five men sat on couches in a lounge inside Maryland's State House. They would soon decide the fate of a bill that would allow a woman who is raped and conceives a child to terminate the ...
  
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• Tax Day Demonstrators Demand that Trump Release Tax Returns

  15-04-2017 21:38
  
  By TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press
  CHICAGO (AP) — Protesters took to the streets in dozens of cities nationwide Saturday to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, saying Americans deserve to know about his business ties and potential conflicts of interest.
  Organizers said the protests — dubbed the Tax March — were scheduled in nearly 150 cities.
  Trump is the first major party nominee in more than 40 years not to release his tax returns, saying it was bec
  
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• Ravens, NFL community react to death of Todd Heap's daughter - Baltimore Sun

  15-04-2017 21:28
  
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  Ravens, NFL community react to death of Todd Heap's daughter
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  When he took his place in the Ravens' Ring of Honor in September 2014, longtime NFL tight end Todd Heap was flanked on the M&T Bank Stadium field by several family members and former teammates. "It's all about family," Heap said at halftime of the ...
  Anguish, Sympathy For Heap After Ex-NFL Player's Kid KilledCBS Baltimore / WJZ
  Former Baltimore Ravens Tight End Accidentally Kills DaughterWDJT
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• It’s Academic: April 15, 2017

  15-04-2017 21:14
  
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• 1 Arrested for Burning Billboard in Somerset County

  15-04-2017 20:45
  
  PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — Princess Anne police have arrested a woman authorities say set a billboard on fire.
  The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office and local police say the fire was set on Friday just before 3 p.m. and damaged a privately owned billboard sign. Police say the woman set fire to the billboard because of political differences with the sign’s content. The fire caused about $800 in damages.
  D’Asia Perry, 19, has been charged with second-degree arson, malicio
  
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• Political differences cause of billboard sign set ablaze, Baltimore woman charged - Fox Baltimore

  15-04-2017 20:39
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  Political differences cause of billboard sign set ablaze, Baltimore woman charged
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  PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (WBFF) -- A 19-year-old woman has been charged in connection to billboard sign set on fire in Somerset County. Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office investigators say the blaze occurred just before 3:00 p.m. damaged a billboard sign ...
  Baltimore woman charged with arson in Somerset CountyWBAL Baltimore
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• Montgomery County Home Vandalized with Derogatory Word

  15-04-2017 20:05
  
  WHEATON, Md. (AP) — A woman’s home in Montgomery County has been vandalized with a racist word.
  WJLA-TV reports that the woman came home to her house on the 2300 block of McMahon Road in Wheaton on Thursday and found a “derogatory word” scrawled in black marker across her door. The woman believes her race may be the cause of the vandalism.
  Crime Solvers of Montgomery County are offering up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest of the person or people responsi
  
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• Son of slain police officer fatally shot in Baltimore - The Washington ... - Washington Post

  15-04-2017 19:20
  
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  Son of slain police officer fatally shot in Baltimore - The Washington ...
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  The son of a Baltimore police officer killed in 2007 was fatally shot in Northwest Baltimore.
  Fatal shooting is third in Northwest Baltimore in a dayBaltimore Sun
  Baltimore Police Investigate 2 Shootings; Son of Murdered Cop KilledCBS Baltimore / WJZall 11 news articles »
  
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• Clayworks board to move ahead with sale of buildings - Baltimore Sun

  15-04-2017 19:14
  
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  Clayworks board to move ahead with sale of buildings
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  Brushing aside "criticism from a small population of petitioners," the board of Baltimore Clayworks has voted to move ahead with the sale of two buildings that have long been home to the organization in Mount Washington. The board received an offer on ...
  
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• The iPhone of Cars? Apple Enters Self-Driving Car Race

  15-04-2017 18:04
  
  By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is joining the fiercely competitive race to design self-driving cars, raising the possibility that a company that has already re-shaped culture with its iPhone may try to transform transportation, too.
  Ending years of speculation, Apple’s late entry into a crowded field was made official Friday with the disclosure that the California Department of Motor Vehicles had awarded a permit for the company to start test
  
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• Boston to Mark 4th Anniversary of Deadly Marathon Bombing

  15-04-2017 17:42
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Bostonians are marking the fourth anniversary of the deadly Boston Marathon attacks.
  Quiet remembrances have been planned Saturday to remember the victims. Three spectators were killed and more than 260 others wounded when two bombs planted near the finish line exploded on April 15, 2013, spraying shrapnel into the crowds.
  A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer also was killed later while struggling with the bombers as they tried to steal his gun.
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• Police investigating nonfatal shooting in Reservoir Hill - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Sun

  15-04-2017 17:21
  
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  Police are investigating a nonfatal shooting Friday night in Reservoir Hill.and more »
  
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• Saturday, April 15, 2017

  15-04-2017 17:11
  
  The Maryland SPCA hosts the 22nd Annual March for Animals.
  Home Depot has all of your planting answers for Spring!
  
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• Baltimore Prosecutors Clear Officer in Shooting - U.S. News & World Report

  15-04-2017 17:06
  Baltimore Prosecutors Clear Officer in Shooting
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  A Baltimore police officer who shot a knife-wielding man last year has been cleared of any wrongdoing by city prosecutors. | April 15, 2017, at 10:57 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Baltimore Prosecutors Clear Officer in Shooting.and more »
  
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• Umpire injured in Orioles-Jays game released from hospital - Baltimore Sun

  15-04-2017 16:45
  
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  Umpire injured in Orioles-Jays game released from hospital
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  The Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-4, on Friday, April 14. (Ulysses Muñoz / Baltimore Sun). Eduardo A. EncinaContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Home plate umpire and crew chief Dale Scott was released from a Toronto hospital Saturday ...
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• Baltimore Police Investigate 2 Shootings; Son of Murdered Cop Killed

  15-04-2017 16:29
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore Police are investigating two shootings, one of which resulted in a man dying after being shot in the head.
  The first incident occurred at about 10 p.m. in the area of Bolton Street and Lennox Avenue. Officers heard gunshots and searched the area and found evidence of a shooting in the 2000 block of Linden Avenue.
  About 10 minutes later, officers learned that a 24-year-old man walked into a hospital with gunshot wounds sustained at the scene where police heard sho
  
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• Baltimore Police Investigate 2 Shootings Minutes Apart, 1 Fatal Headshot

  15-04-2017 16:29
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore Police are investigating two shootings, one of which resulted in a man dying after being shot in the head.
  The first incident occurred at about 10 p.m. in the area of Bolton Street and Lennox Avenue. Officers heard gunshots and searched the area and found evidence of a shooting in the 2000 block of Linden Avenue.
  About 10 minutes later, officers learned that a 24-year-old man walked into a hospital with gunshot wounds sustained at the scene where police heard sho
  
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• April the Giraffe Finally Gives Birth After Months of Live Streaming

  15-04-2017 16:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — April the giraffe has finally given birth to her calf after the world watched online for months.
  It is unclear if the owners of the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, knew that their 15-year-old female giraffe was going to be such a hit when they first put up a live feed of her pen in February, but she is now a household name.
  On Friday, March 31, zoo officials said they didn’t think April would make it through the weekend without delivering. They were
  
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• State Attorneys Office Clears Baltimore Cop Who Shot Knife-Wielding Man

  15-04-2017 15:27
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The State Attorneys Office cleared a Baltimore officer who shot a knife-wielding man back in November.
  The incident at Greenmount Avenue and 33rd Street was captured on police body camera.
  RELATED: Knife Wielding Man in Critical Condition After Being Shot By Cop
  Police say around 9:30 a.m., an armed man with two knives was threatening people which prompted the 911 call.
  Prosecutors say the suspect refused to obey officers even after one fired a taser and another fired
  
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• 2017 NFL Draft: Baltimore Ravens Best Case Scenario - Ebony Bird - The Ebony Bird

  15-04-2017 11:37
  
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  2017 NFL Draft: Baltimore Ravens Best Case Scenario - Ebony Bird
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  In a make or break year, let's take a look at the Baltimore Ravens best case scenario for their first four picks of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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• Former Raven Todd Heap Fatally Hits 3-Year-Old Daughter In Car Accident

  15-04-2017 07:33
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police in Mesa, Arizona say former Ravens tight end Todd Heap accidentally ran over his three-year-old daughter with his truck on Friday.
  CBS 5 Arizona reports that it happened around 3:45 p.m. Friday at a home in the Las Sendas gated community in Mesa.
  Police first responded to a call of a car/pedestrian accident at the home.
  Officers reportedly learned that a 3-year-old female was in the driveway “when her father moved a truck forward, striking her,” accordi
  
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• Orioles Radio Recap: O’s Power On Display As They Upend Blue Jays

  15-04-2017 05:43
  
  The Orioles came into Friday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays looking to extend their win streak to 3 games. Hear how they got it done against Jays starter Aaron Sanchez. Also on tonight’s episode Joe Angel sits down with Buck Showalter to discuss the O’s current road success and his plans for the series. Jim Hunter also got a sit down interview with one of the newest Orioles, Stefan Chrichton, who was called up to the big leagues Thursday night!
  As always Joe and Jim
  
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• Md. Legislators Pass Bill Requiring Vets To Report Animal Cruelty; Plus 5 Other Bills On Animal Abuse

  15-04-2017 05:29
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland lawmakers made a push to help end animal suffering across the state, just before the end of this year’s legislative session in an animal cruelty crackdown
  The Maryland legislature passed six animal protection bills during the session that ended Monday, according to the Maryland ASPCA.
  On the final day of the session, H.B. 1463, which requires veterinarians to report animal cruelty in the same way that doctors or teachers are required to report child ab
  
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• Hall Of Famer Rod Carew Now Has Heart Of A Raven, With Passing Of Konrad Reuland

  15-04-2017 05:25
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (WJZ/AP) — It was a shocking medical condition that brought an unexpected end, but now one family’s tragedy is being celebrated as a triumph.
  “I had my right ear on his chest and talked to him and laid in bed all day and listened to his heartbeat all day long,” says Konrad’s mom, Mary Reuland.
  Konrad Reuland, was a former player who gave the gift of life. He was just a boy who had a chance encounter with a sports superstar.
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• Weather Blog: Nice End To The Week, Nice Weekend Ahead

  15-04-2017 05:17
  
  A nice end to the week , and not a bad weekend as well! Slightly warmer air will move in tomorrow, despite some clouds and a slight chance of an evening shower as a warm front move our way.
  On Easter Sunday, some morning sun and milder temperatures will give way to a very warm afternoon with some sun and clouds. A late night shower is possible, followed by a slightly cooler and brighter Monday! On Sunday we may get to the mid 80’s but only the low 70’s on Monday.  Not bad for Ap
  
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• Orioles Hit 4 HRs, Beat Slumping Blue Jays 6-4

  15-04-2017 04:46
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Home plate umpire Dale Scott was hit in the face mask by a foul tip from Baltimore slugger Mark Trumbo on Friday night, casting a shadow over the Orioles’ 6-4 victory over the struggling Toronto Blue Jays.
  Scott recoiled after the ball struck the bottom of his mask and staggered backward before going down on one knee in the eighth inning. After being examined by Blue Jays trainer George Poulis, the veteran crew chief lay down on his back on the turf behind home plate a
  
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• Rian Johnson Debuts Teaser Trailer For ‘The Last Jedi’

  15-04-2017 04:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Is the Force still strong with Luke Skywalker?
  The first trailer for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” dropped on Friday, showcasing a morose and withdrawn Skywalker. The two-minute teaser , unveiled by director Rian Johnson at the “Star Wars Celebration” fan event in Orlando, Florida, offered few clues to the film. But it notably includes Mark Hamill’s iconic hero gravely intoning, “It’s time for the Jedi to end,” from a dark cave.
  
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• Christians In Baltimore, Around World Observe Good Friday

  15-04-2017 04:27
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Good Friday is observed by millions around the world. Christians observe the day with traditions leading up to Easter Sunday.
  Christians came together to mark the sacred day with songs, readings, and prayers. Inside the Baltimore Basilica,  Christians observe one of the holiest days of the year.
  “Good Friday is the day that Jesus died and that God gave us the greatest gift. God showing us the greatest love and he is giving us salvation
  
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• WATCH: Umpire Knocked Out By Foul Ball Off Trumbo’s Bat

  15-04-2017 04:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Home plate umpire Dale Scott left the field on a spinal board in the eighth inning of Friday night’s game between the Orioles and Blue Jays after being hit in the face mask by a foul tip from Baltimore slugger Mark Trumbo.
  Scott recoiled after the ball struck the bottom of his mask, staggering backward before going down on one knee.
  After being examined by Blue Jays trainer George Poulis, the veteran crew chief lay down on his back on the turf behind home plate and
  
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• Proposed contract would give Baltimore firefighters, medics a 5 ... - Baltimore Sun

  15-04-2017 00:53
  
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  Proposed contract would give Baltimore firefighters, medics a 5 ...
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  A proposed contract negotiated between Baltimore and its local fire union would give unionized firefighters and medics a five percent raise over the next three ...and more »
  
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• Conference for Peace works to give back to Baltimore - WBAL Baltimore

  15-04-2017 00:34
  
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  Conference for Peace works to give back to Baltimore
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  More than 20,000 Muslim families are gathering in Baltimore this weekend, some spreading out all over the city to help those in need. Advertisement. Download the WBAL app. After the Freddie Gray uprising in 2015, organizers of the Conference for Peace ...and more »
  
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• Teen, bicyclist shot block apart in separate Baltimore shootings - WBAL Baltimore

  15-04-2017 00:24
  
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  Teen, bicyclist shot block apart in separate Baltimore shootings
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  City police are investigating two fatal shootings that took place a block apart from each other in northwest Baltimore. Advertisement. Download the WBAL app. Police said officers were called at 8:45 p.m. Thursday to the 4000 block of Norfolk Avenue on ...
  Man shot dead in same Northwest Baltimore neighborhood where a 16-year-old boy was killed last nightBaltimore Sun
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